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Acts 4:27
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The apostles address the Jewish council after healing a lame man, identifying Jerusalem as the location where Herod and Pilate joined with Gentile and Jewish authorities to oppose Jesus.
The words — συνήχθησαν (sunēchthēsan) means "were gathered together," and ἐπ᾽ ἀληθείας (ep' alētheias) renders "in truth" or "indeed," anchoring the event in historical fact rather than mere rumor.
The thread — This gathering fulfills the psalm quoted in Acts 4:26 and is explicitly resolved in Acts 4:28 as the execution of God's predetermined will, echoing Jesus' own prophecy in Luke 9:22 that He must suffer and be rejected.
Why it lands — It requires acknowledging that human conspiracy did not override divine sovereignty, but instead served the exact outcome God's hand had decided beforehand.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Cross-references
- Matthew 27:2 They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
- Acts 4:30 as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
- Luke 9:22 “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
- Job 14:4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 25:4 How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
- Psalms 2:2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
- Psalms 2:6 “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- Psalms 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Isaiah 49:7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”